Award Winning Production for Richmond Triangle Players

Don't you love when great things happen to great people? The Richmond theatre community should be proud of one of our own. Richmond Triangle Players recently brought their smash hit The Stops to the Columbus National Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival, and came home with a slew of awards.

The 10-day festival closed this past Saturday, September 16. There were 25 productions running throughout the event with The Stops performed September 9, 10 and 11. Must have been tough competition!

Upon their return home, Michael Gooding, Managing Director of Richmond Triangle Players, was notified that they received the following awards:

Best Musical
Best Ensemble Show
Best Actor in an Ensemble - Steve Boschen
Best Technical Elements

A complete list of winners can be found at the festival website.

The festival was covered by the Columbus Dispatch, and it seem The Stops completely won over columnist Michael Grossberg who wrote the headline "The Stops deserves a much longer run." The article continued, "The Stops works so well because much of the humor is character-based and its endearing plea for love and mutual understanding isn't preachy." (Read the full article, and see a photo of the lovely "ladies" online.) These characteristics are what made the production a sell out here in Richmond for 23 performances. I hope all the ART readers had a chance to see the show, it deserved the high praises.

Congratulations to everyone involved, you deserve the accolades!

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